The early Christians in Ephesus and the date of Revelation, again
The importance of the date of Revelation looms large in Paul Trebilco's reconstruction of the early Christian community in Ephesus. Trebilco accepts a late date around C.E. 95 to support his hypothesis. This essay examines Trebilco's evidence for a late date and shows its 'certainty&#...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2005
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2005, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 163-193 |
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| Summary: | The importance of the date of Revelation looms large in Paul Trebilco's reconstruction of the early Christian community in Ephesus. Trebilco accepts a late date around C.E. 95 to support his hypothesis. This essay examines Trebilco's evidence for a late date and shows its 'certainty' is much more tenuous than Trebilco credits. Rather, this evidence is often contradictory and circular. Alternative interpretations of the data are considered with additional factors examined. The essay concludes that the historical and literary evidence instead favors an early date of around C.E. 69 rather than the late date. Such a finding would radically change the locus of Trebilco's proposed Revelation community. It would also provide a richer picture of the Christians in Ephesus and Asia during a period in which Trebilco has a lacuna in his projected trajectory of early Christian development. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83182 |
